De La Warr Pavilion Presents Tayhin by Claudia Alarcón and Silät

The striking modernist lines of the De La Warr Pavilion offer an unexpected setting for Tayhin, the first institutional solo exhibition by Silät, a collective of Indigenous Wichí women weavers from northern Argentina. On view from 14 June to 14 September 2025, the show is led by artist and community organiser Claudia Alarcón, a weaver from La Puntana in Salta province, whose work brings ancestral textile practices into dialogue with the wider world.

Claudia Alarcón & Silät: Tayhin, 2025, Installation View, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea. Photography: Rob Harris.

Alarcón has become a vital voice in Argentina’s contemporary art scene, yet her work remains rooted in traditional ways of making. She was the first Indigenous woman to win Argentina’s National Salon of Visual Arts in 2022, and her chaguar textiles now appear in collections from São Paulo to Denver. Her participation in the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 marked a turning point, not only for her career, but for broader recognition of Wichí textile traditions. But beyond awards and exhibitions, her practice centres on preserving knowledge, honouring elders, and working collectively...

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Lead Image: Claudia Alarcón & Silät. Inawop (La primavera / Spring) (Detail), 2023. Hand-spun chaguar fibre, natural dyes and aniline dyes, woven fabric, "yica" stitch. Woven by Mariela Pérez, Fermina Pérez, Francisca Pérez. Comunidad La Puntana, Santa Victoria Este, Salta.